CJWL Now Accepting Grant Applications for Classrooms

The Camden Junior Welfare League is now accepting applications for its Spring 2023 Classroom Enrichment Grants.

The grants will provide up to $500 to teachers for classroom support, project support, and extracurricular support. The purpose of the grants is to support enrichment areas such as math, science, history, language and writing, arts, physical education, life skills, and special education for students with disabilities.

These grants are open to all Kershaw County School District educators. Applications must be submitted online. The link to the grant application form can be found on the League’s website at www.camdenleague.org. Deadline to submit applications is Friday, February 10th, 2023.

The League is excited to be able to offer these grants for the fifth year in a row, as each year we see a remarkable response from teachers in the Kershaw County School District.. For a list of past classroom enrichment grant awardees, please visit the League’s website at www.camdenleague.org/grants.

Camden PD Names Interim Chief

Camden City Manager Jon Rorie announced that Darren Norris has been appointed interim police chief for the City of Camden, effective 1/28/23.

“We are pleased that Chief Norris will be joining us in this role and will be building upon the foundation laid by our retiring Chief Floyd,” said Rorie.

Norris retired as a Deputy Chief of Police in 2019, amassing twenty-seven years of active service in various command staff positions throughout his career at county and municipal level agencies. His previous assignments included uniform patrol, K-9 handler, narcotics/vice investigations, patrol supervisory, training and management positions, federal task force officer, and Special Operations Division Commander. Certified as a police instructor through the SC Criminal Justice Academy, he frequently teaches patrol operations and leadership, and lectures both domestically and abroad on security operations. Norris served most recently as Assistant Chief of Police for the town of Springfield, SC., where his primary duties were policy management and training.

"I am honored to have been selected as Interim Chief," Norris said. "I look forward to working with the dedicated men and women of the department and the community to keep Camden a safe place to live, work, and visit."